GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
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| executioner | one who executes |